Omron CV500 Installation Manual page 23

Networks and Remote I/O Systems
SYSMAC BUS Remote I/O
System
Host Link System
(SYSMAC WAY)
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Remote I/O can also be enabled by using the C-series SYSMAC BUS Remote
I/O System with CV-series PC.
Remote I/O Master Units can be mounted on any slot of the CPU Rack, Expan-
sion CPU Rack, or Expansion I/O Rack. Up to four Masters can be mounted for
the CV500 or CVM1-CPU01-EV2, up to eight Masters for the CV1000, CV2000,
or CVM1-CPU11/21-EV2.
For each Master, up to two Slave Racks can be connected for the CV500 or
CVM1-CPU01-EV2; up to eight Slave Racks for the CV1000, CV2000, or
CVM1-CPU11/21-EV2. No more than 16 Slave Racks can be connected per PC.
Slaves can be used to provide up to 512 remote I/O points for the CV500 or
CVM1-CPU01-EV2; up to 1,024 remote I/O points for the CV1000, CV2000, or
CVM1-CPU11-EV2; up to 2,048 remote I/O points for the CVM1-CPU21-EV2.
These limits are the totals for all Slaves control by one PC.
Programming Devices cannot be connected to SYSMAC BUS Slave Racks.
Remote I/O Master Unit
3G2A5-RM001-(P)EV1 (optical)
C500-RM201 (wired)
CV500, CVM1-CPU01-EV2:
CV1000, CV2000, CVM1-CPU11/21-EV2: 4 Masters max. can be mounted
Up to 8 Units
The CV-series PCs can be connected to a host computer with the host link con-
nector via the CPU or a CV500-LK201 Host Link Unit mounted to a Rack.
RS-232C or RS-422 communications can be used depending on the switch set-
ting. When RS-422 is selected, up to 32 PCs can be connected to a single host.
Data is transmitted and received by commands and responses.
Host link connector
2 Masters max. can be mounted
CV-series
CPU Rack/Expansion CPU
Rack/Expansion I/O Rack
Section 1-6
C-series
Remote I/O Slave Rack
Host
computer